A community-built desktop browser on Chromium, with the workflow features that browsers kept leaving out: vertical sidebar tabs, spaces, a command bar, split view, peek, auto-archive, profiles per space and smart folders. Written in Rust on the Chromium Embedded Framework, so every site, extension and web standard works the way it does in Chrome.
Privacy is a design rule, not a setting. No telemetry, no mandatory account, no cloud you did not choose. Sync between your devices is optional and end-to-end encrypted, through Magnetite's free server or one you host yourself.
Magnetite started as a new home for the workflow of the Arc browser and has grown into a product of its own. It is an independent clean-room project: not affiliated with The Browser Company, and without any of its code, assets or branding.
| Repository | What |
|---|---|
| magnetite | The browser |
| magnetite-sync | The sync server you can host yourself (container image and Helm chart) and the sync protocol |
| magnetite-cef | The build of the Chromium Embedded Framework the browser ships: the official one plus the H.264, AAC and HEVC decoders, and Magnetite's patches |
| magnetite-website | Source of magnetitebrowser.org |
| homebrew-magnetite | Homebrew tap |
Everything is licensed under the EUPL-1.2. Contributions, ideas and bug reports are welcome in the repository they concern; see SUPPORT.md and, for vulnerabilities, SECURITY.md.